2V0-15.25 · Question #42
An administrator is tasked to add a new host to a vSphere cluster that was created with VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) as its principal storage in an existing workload domain. The…
The correct answer is B. Change the network pool associated to the new host to the network pool for the existing vSAN. In VCF 9.0, when adding a host to a vSAN ESA-enabled cluster, the host must be commissioned with a network pool that includes a vSAN network configuration. Network pools define host-level networking templates for VCF, including management, vSAN, vMotion, and overlay networks. A…
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An administrator is tasked to add a new host to a vSphere cluster that was created with VMware vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA) as its principal storage in an existing workload domain. The administrator successfully commissions the new host with a VMware vMotion only network pool but is unable to add the host to the existing cluster. What must the administrator do to be able to complete this task?
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- ADecommission, reinstall ESX, and recommission the new host to the network pool for the existing
- BChange the network pool associated to the new host to the network pool for the existing vSAN
- CManually configure the vSAN network on the new host within vCenter.
- DReconfigure the currently associated network pool with a vSAN network.
How the community answered
(59 responses)- A8% (5)
- B75% (44)
- C3% (2)
- D14% (8)
Explanation
In VCF 9.0, when adding a host to a vSAN ESA-enabled cluster, the host must be commissioned with a network pool that includes a vSAN network configuration. Network pools define host-level networking templates for VCF, including management, vSAN, vMotion, and overlay networks. A host commissioned with a vMotion-only network pool does not have the required vSAN ESA network interfaces (vmk + NIC mapping) to join an ESA cluster. Because the administrator successfully commissioned the new host but only using a vMotion-only network pool, VCF correctly prevents the host from being added to the ESA cluster. The required action is: Reassociate the host with the correct network pool that includes the vSAN ESA network.
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